Not Remembered, But Never Forgotten

When I began to read to read the Preface of God Secretaries: The Making of King James Bible I began to think on how people are forgotten through time. Right now we don't remember man important people who lived centuries ago who had a great impact in the world. But even though they were important, they weren't remembered. Those people weren't remembered, but what they did or what they said was remember. Still nowadays, we use things those people said and our common knowledge como from those people. For example in God Secretaries: The Making of King James Bilbe the men who made it are not remembered. But their sayings will never be forgotten.
"They have a ghost presence in our lives, invisible but constantly heard, enriching the language within the 'civility, learning and eloquence' of their translation, but nowadays only whispering the sentences into our ears." (Pg. xi)
This passage prooved what I had said before. It prooves that through time many people are not remembered. But their words, their presence, their actions will never be forgotten. Sometimes the only way to be remembered is by living a mark in life, doing something that will always have a presence in people's life.

Change, Not Always For Good

Change is phenomenon that always occurs. Is usually something unexpected. But sometimes, one can see it comming. Change can either be good or bad. Sometimes something positive comes out of it, but sometimes change is the worst thing that can happen. Many times, one's life can be pretty bad, miserable or just kind of boring. So when there's a change in one's life it is very good. But sometimes, someone can have a great life, someone can live very happy, so when something changes their lifes, is is very bad. And sometimes these changes are due because of one person. One person, depending on who they are or how important they are, can cause a great change for someone or many people. For example when a ruler of a country changes, it can either lead the country to be better, or the country to be worst. If the new ruler has very different ideas from the old ruler, many people will have their live changing drasticlly. This applied more a long time ago when the world was ruled by kings and queens who could decide a country's faith. For example in The Making of King James Bible, when James became the King of England, as Queen Elizabeth passed away.
"More than we can perhaps realize now, a change of monarch in an age of personal rule meant not only a change of government and policy but a change of culture, attitude and belief. A new king meant a new world." (The Making of King james Bible, page 3)
This passage made me realize that change is something that people had had to live with for a very long time. People had to get used to the fact that change was going to occur. People have to know that change is a phenomenon, an inevitable event. It is something that can be caused by someone or by many people. And it is something that people need to accept.

Clichés

Titles:
What Happens in Vegas
Boys Don't Cry
Mission Impossible
As Good as It Gets
Fool's Gold

Plot Lines:
Two people fall in love but can't be together because of family rivalry.
Aliens come to the Earth and try to destroy the human kind.
A man saves a woman from a bad man, they fall in love and live happily ever after.
A villain is destroying a city and causing horror, but a hero saves everyone at the end.
A normal girl falls in love with a popular guy, first they feel bad because of what people say about them, but then they don't care and live happily.
Two girls who hated each other become best friends.

Spelling Exercises

1. Where, wear, were
2. to, two, too
3. conscious, conscience
4. led, lead
5. their, they're, there
6. idea, ideal
7. than, then
8. it's, its
9. you're. your
10. advise, advice

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The Price of Pride

Having pride is a good quality. People who have pride make others respect them, and they do things that are right for them. But, people who have too much pride, aren't as good. Because people who have too much pride are egocentric and have a very high eego. And they do things just to show off without caring if they are the right or wrong things. Many of these people after they make a mistake because of their high eego, they suffer great consequences. They realize that having too much pride is not very good. Because they make decisions without being aware of the consequences.
In the myth of Pegaus and Chimaera, I was able to see a case in which someone suffered because of having too much pride. Bellerophon was a great warrior, he could pretty much destroy any monster. But he was very aware of that. He knew that he was very powerful and strong. Also that the Gods liked him. Bellerophon had too much pride, and this led him to have a great eego. He began to consider himself as an equal with the gods.
"At last Bellerophon by his pride and presumption drew upon himself the anger of the gods; it is said he even attempted to fly up into heaven on his winged steed, but Jupiter sent a gadfly which stung Pegasus and made him throw his rider, who became lame and blind in consequence."
Bellerophon was punished by the gods because he had too much pride. He thought he was their equal due to his high eego. But then the gods decided that he had to stop being like that so they punished him. Having pride is good, but having too much pride leads to terrible consequences.

Destiny

Many people believe that by changing their ways of lives, they'll be able to avoid destiny. But the reality is that destiny can not be avoided. As much as someone tries to change something, it is impossible to interfere with destiny. People can change everything, they can go somewhere else, they can live a different life, but destiny will someway catch up. This is something which you can see in Greek Mythology. Many people or gods were told about something that was going to occur to them in the future, something that they didn't want to happen. So they changed their lives, but they couldn't avoid destiny, one way or the other, destiny catched up with them.
For example in the myth of Sphinx, King Laius of Thebes was told by an oracle that his new-born son was going to kill him and take his thrown. The king scared of this, gave the child to a herdsman in order to destroy him. But the herdsman full with pitty, didn't kill the child, but tied him by his feet to a tree. After, a peasant found him and gave him to his master who adopted the baby, he was named Edipus. Many years later, King Laius was in his charriot with one attendant, and he encountered a young man in the road. The king's attendant killed the man's horses, and the man in revenge killed both, the king and his attendant. The young man was Epidus. Then Epidus went to Thebes, were there was a monster called the Sphynx which dind't let anyone pass to the city, unless they answered a riddle. Epidus answered the riddle, and the Sphinx died. The people of Thebes were very thankful, so Edipus became the king and married Jocasta, the queen.
"The gratitude of the people for their deliverance was so great that they made œdipus their king, giving him in marriage their queen Jocasta. œdipus, ignorant of his parentage, had already become the slayer of his father; in marrying the queen he became the husband of his mother. "
This myth shows how can nobody avoid destiny. Destiny is a phenomenon which ocurs because it has to. And no one can do anithing about it. King Laius send his son away in order to avoid destiny, but then his son returned, killed him and took his thrown. Even though he tried to avoid destiny, destiny later catch up with him. Destiny is something which people have to live with, something thay have to accept because no matter what, it will never be avoided.

Unreachable Love

As I read the myth of Apollo and Daphne, I began to think about love. Love is a very powerful feeling which leads people to crazyness. It can either make someone feel like the best person ever, or like the worst one. Many people live very happy because of love, but many people live in misery because of it. This is a very strong feeling which can lead people to have a great life or have a terrible one. Love is one of the best emotions people can have. But it can also be the one of the worst ones. When someone loves someone that loves him or her back, is very good, because both of them feel very good, and love is great for them. But, when someone loves someone that doesn't love him or her back, the person who loves the other person suffers very much and love can become a terrible feeling.
In Apollo and Daphne, Cupid strikes Apollo with one of his arrows so he falls in love with the nymph Daphne. But Cupid struck Daphne with the arrow which repeled love. So Apollo loved Daphne very much, but Daphne didn't love him back.
"The former was of gold and sharp pointed, the latter blunt and tipped with lead. With the leaden shaft he struck the nymph Daphne, the daughter of the river god Peneus, and with the golden one Apollo, through the heart. Forthwith the god was seized with love for the maiden, and she abhorred the thought of loving. " (Chapter 3, letter a)
After I finished reading the myth I was able to conclude that love is very powerful. Love is a very strong feeling which can decide a person's life. Love is an emotion which everyone has, one of the best emotions as I mentioned before. But love should be used wisely, because with love, nothing is secure. Love can be either great or terrible.

Not Everything is as Good as it Sounds

Many people wish for things they think are the best. But after they have what they had wished for, they realize that what they thought they wanted, is not what they really wanted. Because not everything is as good as it sounds. While I read the myth of Midas, I began to think about people's desires. People always think that having lots of power and lots of wealth is the best thing. But when those people actually get power and wealth, what they had wished for, they realize that having all of those things is not as good as it sounds. That they have to be careful on what they wish for because what they had desired may not be as great as they had thought.
In the myth of Midas, one day Bacchus looking for his old school-master Silenus gets very drunk and some peasants get him. The peasants brought him to King Midas, who invited Bacchus to stay over and treated him very well. After a few days, the king found Silenus, and Bacchus was very thankful, so he decided to reward Midas by granting him any wish. Midas wished for everything that he touch will become gold. And his wish became true, everything he touched became gold, everything. When he try to eat, his food became gold, when he try to drink wine, as the wine went down his throat became gold. Midas realized that the wish he had made was not as good as he had thought. He regreted all the power and wealth he had obtain.
"In consternation at the unprecedented affliction, he strove to divest himself of his power; he hated the gift he had lately coveted."-chapter 6, letter a.
I've known this myth for a pretty long time. But it was until now that I realized its meaning and its importance. This myth describes how people always want more wealth and more power. How people are never satisfied with what they have. And they always have a desire for something more. But, as I mentioned before, when they get what they had wished for, they notice that not everything is as good as it sounds. That they should be careful with what they wish.

Class Rubric

1 2 3
Fluency/Clear Ideas:
1: The writer's ideas are hard to understand/ no sentence fluency.
2: The writer's ideas are easily understood/good sentence fluency
3: The writer's ideas are perfectly understood/ excellent sentence fluency.

Word Usage/Grammar
1: The writer has 5 or more mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and sentences.
2: The writer has no mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and sentences are clear.
3: The writer has master spelling, punctuation, and sentence lenght.

Answer the QUESTions:
1: The writer doesn't present a hero, and the QUESTions are not answered.
2: The wirter presents a notorious hero, and the QUESTions are clearly answered.
3: The writer presents a pleasant hero, and the QUESTions are properly answered.

Creativity:
1: The writer has a blunt title which has no relationship with content, and doesn't attract reader.
2: The writer has an appropiate title, and gets readers attention.
3: The writer has a creative title which gets readers attention.

A Daughter's Betrayal

When I read Nisus and Scylla, I couldn't stop thinking about betrayal. About the way some people betray their love ones for something or someone that doesn't really matters. I believe it is incredible how they make their love ones suffer just for them to obtain what they want. This people are egocentric and they do anything to obtain what they want, even if they have to sacrifice the people they love. And most of the times, they don't get what they want so the sacrifice they made was in vain. The people that suffered because of them suffered for nothing. Because at the end, those people didn't even obtained what they wanted.
In Nisus and Scylla, as I read, I was able to see this kind of betrayal. The King Minos of Crete, had made a war upon Megara were Nisus was the King, and Scylla was his daughter. But the war continued for a very long time because Megara couldn't be conquered as long a purple lock which was on King Nisus hair, remained on his head. But as the war continued, Scylla began to feel attracted and fell in love of King Minos. She wanted the war to stop and be conquered by him:
"Another woman, loving as I do, would remove with her own hands whatever stood in the way of her love. And can any other woman dare more than I? I would encounter fire and sword to gain my object; but here there is no need of fire and sword. I only need my father’s purple lock. More precious than gold to me, that will give me all I wish.”-Chapter 8, letter a.
When I read this passage I couldn't believe what I was reading. I couldn't believe that a daughter will betray her father that way. I thought to myself: How can Scylla do this to her father? How could she let the enemy conquer her city? Scylla was a perfect example on how someone could betray someone they loved for a person who doesn't care about them. Because when Menus found out what she did, he didn't want her:
"The gods destroy thee, infamous woman,” he exclaimed; “disgrace of our time! May neither earth nor sea yield thee a resting-place! Surely, my Crete, where Jove himself was cradled, shall not be polluted with such a monster!” -Chapter 8, letter a.
Scylla's betrayal was for nothing. Because even though she made her father suffer, she didn't obtain what she wanted. This myth represents how people can be selfish, and do things only for their benefit. Even if it means betraying someone they love.

The Memory of a Friend

As I read the myth of Apollo and Hyacinthus, the theme of Friendship went through my mind. I thought about how some people have incredible relations with their friends. And how their friendship is so strong that no matter what, it will last forever. Even if one of the friends dies, the memory of the friendship will never be forgotten. I consider amazing the people who have a very strong bond with their friends. This is because many people, when a friend dies, even though they miss that person very much, over time they begin losing the memory of their friend. They still remember him/her, but their friendship begins to vanish because one of them is not alive. Usually when a friend dies, the friendship dies with him/her. This is why the people who get to keep alive the memory of their friendship, the memory of their friend, are people who should be admired.
When I began to read Apollo and Hyacinthus, I was able to see this kind of friendship. Apollo and Hyacinthus had a very strong bond, they were very close friends. But when Hyacinthus died, Apollo grieved very much for his friend's death. He knew thay Hyacinthus couldn't be alive physically, but he also knew that their friendship could be alive in a memory. That he could have the memory of a friend, and this way always keep the friendship alive. Apollo decided to have Hyacinthus reminded by a song, and there was going to be a flower that was going to revive his memory.
"My song shall tell thy fate, and thou shalt become a flower inscribed with my regrets."-Chapter 8, letter D, page 1
"The flower bears the name of Hyacinthus, and with every returning spring revives the memory of his fate."-Chapter 8, letter d, page 1.
By reading these two passages, I was able to prove myself that real friendship did exist. And that more important than having that friend with you, is keeping alive the memory of the friendship. Having that great memory with you always no matter what happens.

Obsessions

This time when I began reading, I understood better what was going on. As I read Chapter 4, I started to think more about "obsessions." I began to see how it affects people. And in the case of the myths, the way it affected the Gods. For example in the beginning, on letter A in Chapter 4, the way Juno's jealousy of her husband's Jupiter mistress, Io, made her thirsty of revenge. She got obssesed with making her suffer, making her pay for what she had done. Juno decided to ask her husband to give his mistredd as a gift to her, so then Juno could decide what to do with her.
"He could not, without exciting suspicion; so he consented. The godess was not yet relieved of her suspicions; so she delivered the heifer to Argus , to be strictly watched."-pg. 1 of Chapter 4, letter A.
This passage got me thinking on how much Juno got obsessed. She couldn't just take the mistress. She had to make her suffer, by sending her to Argus, who made Io had a rough time.
Also, in Chapter 4, on letter D, I found another interesting thing that also made me think about obsession. When Phaëthon, son of the god Apollo and the nympth Clymene, got obsessed when someonle laughed at him for being the son of a god. This made Phaëton obsessed with proving that he was Apollo's son. After this, he decided to go to his mother in order to get to Apollo, so he could give him something that proved, that Phaëton was his son. Phaëton asked if he could use his chariot of the sun, but Apollo warned him that this was a dangerous request, he could cause great devastation in the world. But, Phaëton only cared about his obsession, about proving that he was the god's son. Phaëton careless, got the chariot and caused a great disaster:
"He wished he had never touched his father's horses, never learned this parentage, never prevailed in his request...He loses his self-command, and knows not what to do...He sees with terror the monstruos forms scattered over the surface of heaven...Great cities persihed, with their walls and towers; whole nations with their people were consumed in ashes!...Then Phaëton beheld the world on fire, and felt the heat intolerable...The Earth creacked open...The sea shrank up..." pg. 3 Chapter 4, Letter D.
After reading this passage, I was able to conclude that when people get obsessed with something, they make decisions with out been aware of the consequences. And by doing this, they cause great devastations.

The War for Honor

As I started to read chapter 22, I had a hard time understanding what was going on. But, as I kept reading, I began to understand more the myth. Chapters 22 and 23 were about Troy, The Trojan War, The Trojan Horse...etc. When I began reading, I thought of the story. About Paris and Helen, then how Menelaus got jealous, and went to Troy. About Aquelles, Ullises, and Hector, very important heroes in the story of Troy and in Greek Mythology. But, as I read I started to think about more things than just the story, I thought about jealousy, and unloyalty, which caused a war. Because of Helen's unloyalty to king Menelaus, she ran away with pronce Paris. And then Menelaus jealousy and anger due to Helen's unloyalty, made him askhis brother Agamenmon help to start a war with Troy. After reading this, I thought of how human emotions can lead people to do horrible things such as war. Many innocent people's life was taken away in the war, just because the rulers decided to fight.
"Paris, aided by Venus, persuaded her to elope with him, and carried her to Troy, whence arose the famous Trojan war,..."-chapter 22, letter a.
This quote made me think on how unfair it is for regular people in life sometimes. For example in Troy, many people died in the Trojan War. And the cause according to Greek Mythology of this war, was Helen's unloyalty to King Menelaus with Paris, and his jealousy and anger, his human feeling of revenge, made him go to Troy and start a war in which many innocent people were victims of. This also made me think about human feelings, the way the pervade someone's mind, and make that person make terrible decisions. After finishing reading both chapters, I realized that we humans have to control more our emotions. This is because without noticing, we can later cause great devastations, just by a making a decision using our emotions.

Hero: Scarlet

My values: Honesty, Responsibility, Caring, Trustworthy, Respectful, Positive, Wise

Scarlet

It was Scarlet the beautiful and brave,

Scarlet the one who knew,

Scarlet who saved the Earth,

She who had hope when nobody else did,

When the world began to destroy itself,

She was the one who taight the people,

The one who gave them hope;

Scarlet taught them how to plant,

She taight them how to take care of animals,

How to live peacefully with them,

How to take care of nature,

How to belong to the Earth,

It was she who saved the people,

It was she who gave them hope,

Scarlet the great,

The honest, the caring, the trustoworthy,

The wise;

Some call her the savior,

And some call her a heroe,

The beautiful Scarlet with her pale face and black hair,

She saved the world,

She saved humanity,

When it was dark, she saw the light,

She saved us all,

And she will always be remembered,

Scarlet, our savior, our hero

The End Has Come

When I began to read Table XII of Gilgamesh, I knew that the end was approaching. As I began reading, I kind of got confused by the fact the Enkidu was in the Tablet because I thought that he wasn't going to come back. But then as I kept reading, I realized that this Tablet has a very important thing, death. When Enkidu went to the hole to Nether World in order to get Giglamesh's drumsticks, Gilgamesh told him to go as a humble person, but Enkidu didn't listen to him. And because he didn't listen to his advice, he was trapped by the spritis in Nether World. Gilgamesh grieved his death, and begged to the God Ea to help Endiku. "The hole in the floor of the Upper World was open. The spirit of Enkidu, a puff of breath came forth from the Nether World into the Upper."-pg. 90
When Enkidu and Gilgamesh got together, Gilgamesh was very happy to see his companion. But also, he was very curious oof knowing how things were in Nether World, where the spirits of the dead went. As Gilgamesh asked Enkidu questions on page 91 and 92 about how people lived in Nether World, Enkidu's answers surprised me:
" 'Have you seen down there the man that has no sons?'
'I have seen the sonless man in the Nether World.'
'How is the man that has three sons?'
'He drinks from the waterskin his sons has brought.'
'How is with the man that has five sons?'
'They treat him in the Nether World as if he were a scribe of the court, dispenser of justice.'
'The one who goes the the Nether World without leaving behind any to mourn for him?'
'Garbage is what he eats in the Nether World. No dog would eat the food he has to eat?' "-pgs. 91 & 92
This las question got me thinking. I thought about family and its importance. Because in Nether World, those who have more family, those who have people who love them, when they die, they live better because in their lives, there were people who love them. And I thought that after Gilgamesh heard this, he thought of himself. He thought that when he was going to die he was going to end up like the man who goes to Nether World without anyone to mourn for him. He realized that he didn't had anyone that had loved him. He didn't had anyone that will mourn for him when he die.

Seeking for Eternal Life

In Table X, I began to see Gilgamesh as a more simple person. When he got to the sea, when the tavern keeper, Veiled Siduri, saw him, she thought he was a wild person, she didn't think he was the powerful ruler of the city of Uruk. Also, when he was with the boatman Urshanabi, he also thought of him as a wild man, not as the ruler he was. Both, of them asked him: "Your face is bitten by hinger or by sorrow. Why do you look like the one who has undergone a journey? Why do you look like the one who grieves? Why do you wear the skin of a beast? Why is that you roam the wilderness?"-pg. 59. After I read this, I remembered that Gilgamesh had began this journey after his friend and companion Endiku had died. Gilgamesh was still grieving his death. Endiku had been Gilgmaesh's friend, so now he was becoming more a nature person, now he apreciated nature more than before. Endiku had taught him its importance, and now he was a less self-centered person.
When Gilgamesh met Utnapishtim, there was something Utnapishtim said to him that impacted me: "You who were born the son of a goddess mother, why do you grieve for your mortal father?...How long is the eye able to look at the sun? From the very beginning nothing at all has lasted. ...There they established that there is life and death. The day of death is set, though not made known."-pg. 64. This passage made me think that the only thing we are sure of when we are born, is that one day we are going to die. Nothing is mean to last forever, and that's a destiny we all have to accept. And I strongly believe that Gilgamesh should be aware of this, because even though he is two-thirds God, he is still one-third human.
When Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh his story of how he achieved "Eternal Life," reminded me of the story of Noah's Ark. It was pretty much the same story, the world had suffered a flood, and a god told Utnapishtim to build a boat, and with his family and a pair of each type of animal, go in it, and safe themsleves. Because Utnapishtim's s story was so similar to Noah's Ark, I asked myself this question: Is Noahs Ark and Utnapishitm's story the same event?

More Like a Human

While I read Tablet VIII, I started to think about friendship. When Gilgamesh cried due to his friend Endiku's death, I realized that he took it very hard. When I started reading Gilgamesh, I thought he was a ver self-centered person who didn't care about anthing but himself. But when I read this Tablet, I noticed that even though he had a high eego and lots of power, he was a caring person. Gilgamesh cared a lot about his friend, and he was going to do what he could in order for him to be rembered: "You wore the garments suitable for a prince. You sat in the place of honor nearest the king. The great ones of the the earth bowed down before you. Gilgamesh was your friend and you companion. Gilgamesh the king has built a statue to celebrate the fame of Endiku. The grief of Gilgamesh for you has been the cause of woe and wailing in the city. Now you are gone, and Gilgamesh will wear ther skins of beasts and wander hairy-bodied grieving in the wilderness for you. "- pg. 47 When I read this, it was when I started to consider Gilgamesh a better person.
As I read Tablet IX, I thought of Gilgamesh as a kind of coward. When he decided that he didn't wanted to die like his friend Enkidu, he went to seek for the son of Urbatutu, Utnapishtim, the only men who knew how death could be avoided. I thought of him as someone who doesn't accept his destiny as it is, but he wants to be powerful and be great forever. When he said: " 'Enkidu has died. Must I die too? Must Gilgamesh be like that?' Gilgamesh felt the fear of it in his belly."-pg. 48. I felit when I read this that he was someone who felt superior to everyone and thought that he could decide what was going to happen to him.
But, as I kept reading Tablet IX, I saw that he wasn't much of a coward. He was a coward in the way that he wanted to avoid his destiny, but he was brave in the way, that he'll don anything to avoid death. There was something Gilgamesh said that kind of impacted me: "This is the way Gilgamesh must go, weeping and fearful, struggling to keep breathing, whether in heat or cold, companionless. Open the gate to the entrance into the mountain. "pg. 51. By reading these, I began to see Gilgamesh more like a human. Because humans are cowards, but they are brave whenever they have to do something in order to prevent the thing they were cowards about. This got me thinking: Is Gilgamesh really more god than a human? Or a human more than a god?

Using Commas

Exercise #1

1. He left the scene of the accident and tried to forget that it had happened.
2. Oil ,which is lighter than water,rises to the surface.
3.Madame de Stael was an attractive, gracious lady.
4. Nice is a word with many meanings ,and some of them are contradictory.
5. The contractor testified that the house was completed and that the work had been done properly.
6. Some people refuse to go to the zoo because of pity for creatures that must live in small cages.
7. Taxicabs that are dirty are illegal in some cities.
8. The closet contained worn clothes, old shoes, and dirty hats.
9. The uninvited guest wore a dark blue tweed suit.
10. After surviving this ordeal,the trapper felt relieved.
11. Mark Twain's early novels ,I believe,stand the test of time.
12. December 7, 1941,will never be forgotten.
13. The field was safe enough, wasn't it?
14. Write the editor of the Atlantic at 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116.
15. He replied,"I have no idea what you mean."
16. After a good washing and grooming,the pup looked like a new dog.
17. Because of their opposition to institutions that force creatures to live in captivity,some people refuse to go to the zoo.
18. Vests ,which were once popular,have been out of vogue for several years.
19. As a celestial goddess, she regulated the course of the heavenly bodies and controlled the alternating seasons.
20. I hope that someday he will learn how to be polite.

Exercise #2:

1. There was no question that John's painting, a huge, colorful, and ugly mural, was the worst entry in the art exhibit.
2. Werner von Braun, Willy Ley, and Edward Teller, noted authorities in the field of rocket development, have done much to guide the missile program of the United States.
3. Mr. Cready's ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time is, I believe, amazing.
4. Running around the house, the dog was abruptly stopped by a fence.
5. If the opposition should win, our candidate would never have any political future.
6. Gracefully, lightly, and daintily, the ballerina moved across the stage.
7. Glamour, the woman's fashion magazine, recently incorporated with Charm another fashion journal.
8. Joe was born on May 7, 1955, and his best friend was born exactly two months later on July 7, 1955.
9. Mr. and Mrs. Kwon, my parents' best friends, sat in front of us at the football game.
10. November 11, 1918, the armistice ending World War I was signed.

The Revenge

As I read Tablet VI, I thought about revenge. After Gilgamesh told the godess Ishtar he didn't wanted to be with her because he knew that she will betray him, I began to see the godess reaction. The godess was mad at him because he had showed her foulness, he had "insulted" her. I started to watch the revenge when she went to her fater, the god Anu, and said to him; "Give me the Bull of Heaven that I may punish Gilgamesh the king, who has found out and told about the foulness of the godess. Give me the Bull of Heaven with which to kill him. Give me the Bull of Heaven or I will go to the Underworld and break its doors and let the come out to eat the living. How many are the dead compared to the living!"-pg. 32
When Ishtar said this, I thought about revenge, the way that she couldn't handle the truth so now she had to do something bad to Gilgamesh. The godess even threatened her own father just for revenge. But, even though she wanted to, her plan didn't work because Gilgamesh and Enkidu together defeated the Bull of Heaven. " 'Two people, companions, they can prevail together,' and Enkidu seized the bull by the reeking tail and Gilgamesh thrust hus sword with the skill of a butcher between the shoulders and horns, they kill the Bull."pg. 34. After reading this Tablet, I was able too see how wrong revenge is and that when people work together as a team (such as Gilgamesh and Enkidu), they are more powerful than anything.
When I began to read Tablet VII, I also began to see more revenge. At the beginning when Enkidu had a dream, I began to see it. "I dreamed that the gods were offended and held a council, and Anu said: 'They have killed the Bull of Heaven and killed Huwawa. One of them must die, the one of them who felled the tallest cellar.' Then Enlil said that Enkidu must die but Gilgamesh, the gifted, must not die. "- pg. 37. I saw how mad the gods were, and how they wanted to take revenge on someone, and they decided that Enkidu had to die.
Both Enkidu and Gilgamesh didn't like this destiny. They had become very close, closer than friends, brothers. And without Enkidu, Gilgamesh felt confused, he had finally found someone like him. "Why am i left to live while my brother dies? Why sould he die and I be spared to live?"-pg. 38. I thought it was kind of unfair that Enkidu going to die just because the gods prefered Gilgamesh. But then I realized that Gilgamesh kind of "loved" Enkidu, and he didn't want him to die. I noticed that they both each time became closer. Their relationship made me see how important friendship is. And I felt sorry for Gilgamesh as he saw his best friend die.

A Real Friendship

During Enkidu's and Gilgamesh's journey to the forest of Huwawa, Enkidu and Gilgamesh start to bond with each other. Every night, Gilgamesh has a dream which waked him up. The first night when the dreams began, he said: "I had a dream. I dreamed we were going through a mountain gorge and the huge mountain fell down on the two of us. We were as little as flies compared to the mountain."-pg. 22. And everytime he woke up, Enkidu interpretated his dream: "The dream you dream tonight is fortunate. The mountain that you dreamt about is Huwawa. Huwawa will fall down like a mountain and die. His dead body will lie on the plain like a mountain. "-pg. 22. The dreams Gilgamesh had, were always fortunate according to Enkidu. And they always relate or simbolize something that is going to happen to him.
When they arrived to Huwawa's forest, both Gilgamesh and Enkidu were very scared. As they passes through it, they kept seeing various faces of Huwawa. Then Gilgamesh prayed to Shamash: "Protecet us as we pass through fearfulness."pg. 27. And Shamash, by hearing the prayer, hepled them by sending storms to Huwawa, until the demon gave up. Huwawa tried to persuade Gilgamesh into not killing him, but letting him be his servant. "I will cut down the trees for you. Make me your servant. Shamash has send you úpon this errand against me. You are the child of lady Wildcow Ninsun. You are th eking of Uruk. I will be the guardian of the wood to build the gates of the cuty of Uruk. "-pg. 27. But Enkidu being loyal to him told Gilgamesh to not believe him, to kill him just like the gods had instructed. Then Gilgamesh and Enkidu slayed Huwawa, and killed him.
As I read Tablets IV & V, I started to notice that Enkidu and Gilgamesh were more than just partners. They were friends, they trsuted each other and backed each others back. For example with Gilgamesh dreams, I saw that Enkidu was there for him to interpretate his dreams, and help him with them. But when I began to see more clear their friendship, was at the end when Gilgamesh rejected the demon's proposal, and listened to Enkidu. Gilgamesh trusted his word, and knew that Enkidu was there to help him.

The Beginning of the Truth

As I began to read Tablet I, I realized that Gilgamesh is a very important, powerful character. He was created by the goddess, Auru, and he's the ruler of the city of Uruk. People considered him divine: "Two thirds a God, one third a man, the king." -pg.4. Besides people thinking of him this way, he also considers himself great. I kept reading Tablet I, and I saw something that I thought was important. I read about another character named Enkidu. Enkidu was created also by Auru because one day she heard a man say: "You made this man. Now create another."-pg.5. Then Auru made Enkidu, "The hairy-bodied wild man of the grasslands, powerful as Ninurta, the god of war. "-pg. 5.
Due to the fact that Enkidu was very powerful, one day when a hunter saw him, became speechless and told his father about him. His father told him to "Go to Uruk and there present yourself to Gilgamesh, the king, who is the strongest of all, the perfect the terror."-pg. 6. The father said to him, to tell Gilgamesh to send a harlot (a temple prostitute) with him in order to show Enkidu great pleasures. The son went to Uruk, and Gilgamesh send a harlot named Shamhat with him. She and the son went to the grasslands and found Enkidu, were Shamhat showed him great pleasures, and convinced him to go to Uruk with her.
While they were going back to Uruk, Gilgamesh had a strange dream: "A star fell from the heavens, a meteorite, and lay on the empty plain outside Uruk. The men and women came and wondered a it. I strove with it to lift it but could not. I was drawn to it as if it was a woman."-pg. 10. He told this dream to his mother, Rimat-Ninsun. She answered him back with ther interpretation of the dream, she said that the meteorite he couln't lift was "The strong companion, powerful as a star, the meteorite of the heavens, a gift from the gods. That you were drawn to it as if drawn to a woman means that this companion will not forsake you. He will protect and guard you with his life. This is the fortunate meaning of your dream."-pg. 10. This interpretation the mother made, got me thinking that the meteorite simbolizes Enkidu, because he was made strong as him, and he was going to protect and help Gilgamesh.
On their way to Uruk, Enkidu and Shamhat stopped at a camp were people thought of him as strong as Gilgamesh, there he began to act more like a human, he ate human food and drank wine. One day, a man came and told them about a wedding in Uruk, and Enkidu decided to go there to challenge Gilgamesh. Finally when Enkidu arrived to Uruk, he and Gilgamesh wrestled. But at the end they became friends, they hugged and kissed. What Rimat-Ninsun had told Gilgamesh was true, Enkidu wasn't here to forsake him, but to help him. Gilgamesh and Enkidu decided to go and defeat the demon Huwawa. "Huwawa's mouth is fire; his roar the floodwater; his breath is death."-pg. 16. At the end of this Tablet, Gilgamesh discovered that there was another person like him who could help him without takink him off his thrown.